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U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Richard Wilkins, president of the Delaware Farm Bureau, joined a bipartisan group of senators and business owners in Washington on Feb. 6 to discuss the negative impacts of President Trump’s trade policies on Delaware and the nation’s agricultural community. Carper said, “In Delaware, shipments of steel and aluminum are the […]

Jacob Urian, age 34, is a good example of today’s young farmer in Delaware. Well-educated, he has been a conservation planner at Kent Conservation District in Dover for more than six years. He is a Certified Crop Advisor, nutrient management consultant and certified pesticide applicator. Urian and his wife, Melissa, live in a house on […]

Delaware Farm Bureau President Richard Wilkins, right, met with Doug Rushing, director of industry affairs for Bayer Crop Science at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in January. Wilkins was able to personally thank Rushing for Bayer’s sponsorship in the amount of $3,000 to be used by the Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation in an […]

As in many states, Delaware’s agriculture community is facing many stressors. People who are in a position to consult and help need to know what stress, addiction and/or mental health disorders look like. Farm family members also need to know how best to help their loved ones. To help meet this need, Mental Health First […]